Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1887-10-08

The boring for coal or natural gas began ~
Atlantic Saturday.
Court commenced Monday at Sac City. he
docket is a light one.
Juppa Hannibulsen, who lives five mics
northeast OF Council Bluffs, has a mineral
spring, tnu waters Of which are said to be Ike
those OF Waukeshs.
The train which bore the &. A. X boys
from Des Moines To ST. Louis had the sides OF
the cars decorated With ~lictpres OF Grant,
Logan, Gen. Sherman, FaiIchild, futile anu
Dodge.
While out huntiog ducks Wednesday near
Dubuque, Peter Redelhofer pulled his gun
through a baro wire fence. IL went OH, the
charge lodging in his abdomen, with fatal re-
suite.
Fred Underhill has been arrested for ROD
bling Miles Bros store at Shenandoah. There
has been frequent robberies and a detective
was employed, who inveigled him into rotoing
the store where he was caught.
Mr.. PniDip Bu Ike, one of the ole settlers OF
Mason, while driving q Wild team IN the west
OF town last Saturday, was thrown from the
.sROU ANU 50
In about an hour after the accident happened.
Near Storm Lake, says the Pilot, Is a HELD
OF corn In which many Of the stalks are fifteen
feet high and the ears are eight feet from the
| ground. Hogs or cattle, II not too high
beaded, may roam In this field without being
able to get any of the ears OF corn.
Des Moines special, %: The governor has
appointed the following delegates TO the
waterways convention ar Peoria, Octob r H.,
To represent the state Of Iowa: Eek Governor
Gear. Of Burlington; John Manin, OF Musca
tine; h B. Richards, Of Dubuque; John w.
Yerger, OF Sciola; A. s. Hafer, of McGregor;
Hon. j II. Murphy, Of Davenport, and j..
Fred Myers, OF Denison.
Another dynamite cartridge was found
Saturday In the clothing store OF |. Frankel ~
Co., at DsEaloosa. II was addressed TO VI.
f. d Cor The inside Of the wrapper con.
tanned the following: Settle up your busi-
ness and leave in thirty days or you viii be
blown to hell Yourself, also your fine stock,
building and all before Christmas. Go, 60,
60. DfNA
Bishop Perry, OF Iowa, who is now travel
ing ia Europe, has written a letter denying
t. at In a sermon In Yves minister Abbey he de
nounced the patriots Of the revolution as
rebels. 81 .regret exceedingly" says the
bishop, that a discourse peri, city innocentof
any word or thought foreign TO eli American
or the Americans. and q lifelong Democrat
as we'll should rave been so unfairly reported,
so anonymously Icritic Esd
Keokuk Gate City, rs: A man In this state
has started a new lind Of fuel. Hrgrinde up
corn stalks, grasses, weeds, ETC., into pulp
and presses 1t into hunks ab, ut the size OF
an ordinary brick, which is then dried and
makes fire equal TO clGi, and ore OF the
c2uLks viii last ( = as long a time as a lump
of ccal the same We. 1t is said 1t can be
manufactured for s. per ton ana that a ton
Will produce as much heat AS a ton of coal.
The testimony efore the coroner's jury or
the Eagle Point collision was very damaging
to the company and 20 the ntw rules adopted
some time since. Eighteen conductors ana
engineers belonging to this division If the
Milwaukee road testified hat thew would
have acted the sane as Conductor Clark aud
Engineer Fales In carrying Out the ins;ruc-
tions sent ! y the train dispatcher at Lacrosse.
The agreeing testimony would go To show
that The fault is with the new rules adopteh
the railway system Of the northwest.
Iowa pensions granted AZ Washineton Fri
day: Waity, mother Of L uis 5. Hardy, Clear
Lpke; Sophia, mother # A lgust HOOK, Wall
Lake; Mary T., widow OF John T, Babb, Keo-
kuk: minor Of Albert G. Trussell, Monroe;
John Rutherford, Coon Rapids; Themes G
b die, Abba; Henry Jennings, Dunlap:
George w. Collins, Manhattan; M. II. Cad
lev, Eldon; John W. Barlow, Rossyllle;
Charles W. B.nieht, Brooks; Woodson 8
Estes, siverton; Patrick Welsh, Newton San
ford g.. L~wis, Russell: Taluan selly, Esriy
Thomas Pratt, Carlisle. IncTessc-Jv seph
Marsol, Clarinda; ID. G. Chapman, PcImehsr;
A. s. Bsily, Cromwell. Reissue snd increase
Daniel Fleming, ist Dea hoines: JOHN
French, Frsnklir & a. NJ. Brobst, Knoxville;
F.. nj. Grove, Dcs Moines; Amos Wsukon.
Mexican war-Jsmes Carpenter, Sandyville.
an engineer on the south-boued train from
Des Molnes on the Wabash line became IN
sane Wednesday night. He pulled out with
customary prudence, but at the next citation
pulled the train psst. The fremen allied him
10 bark but he gave no heed. The fireman
nimself backed down, took In water add
pulled out, thinking the eneineec vas
'shoozy.n At Knoxville Junction the fireman
put on the brake iust in time TO escape an
open switch, and taeconduetor geve tae en-
sineer a saaIp lecture. The train was late
and the engineer then raised the speed of he
train 10 fifty miles Der hour, and soon gave 8
whoop AMI sprang through the csb window,
out the fireman caught him 6y the leg and
held him. At Ottumwa be wSs turned over to
he authorities, and upon being brought home
failed to recognize his wife. His malay Is
supposed TO be paralysis or the brain.
Iowa pensions granted Wednesday, D.
walt F. Fouse, Lisbon; William s y lien,
william Hi, Liscomb. Navy
&. Easlham, Ottumwa; Crawford
Bowman, EVERY: Henry c. Craudall, Shell
Rock; John Mcmillan, Ottumwa; Hcnry
Ryner, Clancy; minor OF Samuel z. Stew art,
Washington; Walter f.. Hall, Columbus
Junction; John Conger, Exlfne; John A.
Guy, Davenport; William Fisher, st. Charles;
Albert Iverson, Clear Lake. Re ISSUE In
Ross, Decatur; Jason Green, Nawton; o rim
Calliope: Catherine NJ, mother OF